Jacob felbel



JAQQBM FELBEL, 10F BRooKLvN, NEW, YORK.

' II'MPRI'OVEJMENT QIN PAeER BhGS;

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 173,608, dated February 15, 1876; application filed I December 2, 1875.

To all whom it may concern: P

Be it known that LJAGOB FELBEL, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, in the i v State of New York,e h'ave'invented a new and useful Improvement in Paper Bags; and I do hereby declare that thelfollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being'had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the T letters ofireference marked thereon. l My invention relates tothatkind of paper bag which, when, filled or opened out, will presenta' square or'irectangular' bottom, onto I what are knownas;satchel{bottom bags.

To enable those skilled in the arttoi-make and ,use myinventionl' will proceed to de; scribe it, referring by letters, to theaccompanying drawiiigs, in Vhich+ q thod'i-or mode 'oflcut v or making my new new of the bag, with .P a 'sten'ded or flattened out square r fa perspective'view of the same-I ntat the top preparatory to filtdis'tendedvat' the bottom 1 i e of paper orbfl' 'nk cut to the form hown, at Fig, 1 is first folded or doubled over thelines} ab anda? be; It turned back onfltlle lines or! thenfold upor dodble over at thelined d fuponflthenpper part of 7 side strips or 'oyerlapping portions E E are thenffolded over onto'the part D at the line ef ande f ,,an'd1are pasted or secnredto said partD,thus'fiorming; a bellowssided bag, with f side seamsonly, 10 ed both on .one side of @forni of blank, fora ting the paper for the" I p kind of bag; and'Fig. 4 isa topj i' vyofth'e jsame, showin "thebottomrof thelo when distended orsprea l V s folded ordoubleddoubled over: the line (1 e upon de p I or part,fE, of the blank. glhe wate s-D of the blank is" e" blank, and the iaper "cut" in the e blank is then In thus iorming my new bag, the latter, it

will be seen, has bellows-like sides and side of, the blank mnst be out higher up than, the other, as seen 'inthe drawing, Fig. 3, as sfich high cutting gives to the bag an air-tight or close joint or bottom, that is proof against the exit of any-contained matter at that point.

making'orforming of my new kind of bag;

ed or spread out.

overion both sides).atthe lines a b and 12 d and 02-01 One half, D, of the blank is then r sidel flaps'or' overlapping seams g g are then atgthe line h 03 k 11 and pastedto the outer adjacentjportions-of thegblank D E. The

most clearly seenat Fig.4. n

5, as such'high cutting gives tothe bag. an

that point. 7 V The cutting facturer.

are then respectively foldv ping seamybuti seams only, but with-one seam on one side, and the other on the reverse side." One side i Fig. 5 shows another formof bla'nk'or pa it per cut in another difi'erent"mannerIforthe and Fig. 6 is a top inside view of the same, I showin g the bottom of the bag whendistend I Injthis form of blank or mode of entting the paper the latter'is firstfolded or doubled It is then folded or turned hackat tlielines c folded up or doubled over at the line f f npon the other'half orpart, E, of the'hlank. The l s respectively fol-d'ed-overin opposite directions overlapping edges an'dotheir arrangementere v In this method of forming my new: bag the latter, it will 'be',seen,-has bellows -like sides I, l and side seams only, but with one seam on one. side, and the other on the reverse side. 'One side of the blankjmn'st be cut up higher than the other, as seen in the drawing, Fig;

air-tight or close joint or bottom, that is proof against the exit of any contained matter at out of the paper in blocks oreo'rnerss s, &c., Figsfland 3, or the high gsiraight out of l ig. 5,1410 not limit myself" to, as theymay be cut out atdifierentangles, and asinaysnitthe jndgment'of the manuy Thecutting out of theblocks or ,corners s s, &c.', to give "a'single overlap- -What I do claim as 11ew,a.nd desire/to sccure by Letters Patent, is V v A bag made of a single piece of material doubled or folded over upon itself. in the direction of its length, and having folded-in or bellows-like sides, with side overlapping seams only, said overlapping seams located outside of or away from the. folded-in or bellows-like portions, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 30th day of November, 

